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Colton Underwood has confirmed to Us Weekly that he’s in a relationship and “in love”.
In September, several media outlets reported that Underwood had been spotted kissing a male friend whilst on vacation in Hawaii.
The pal was identified by several media outlets as political strategist Jordan C. Brown. According to TMZ, Brown, 38, worked on John Kerry’s Presidential campaign in 2004 and Hilary Clinton’s in 2016. Below is a photo of him with Pete and Chasten Buttigieg.
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Underwood spoke to Us Weekly to promote his new Netflix documentary series, Coming Out Colton. “I’m happy, I’m in love and I’m in a good position,” he said, before confirming he’s introduced his new man to his family.
“Everything as far as that goes has been pretty smooth. What was so cool too was, like, after the show was over, I didn’t know what was really next. I knew that I was still coming out and I still am. So there’s still things to work through right now. … The friends that I have, the support group that I have has been so helpful and impactful.”
However, don’t expect to see anything about his new man on the show. It’s unclear when they began dating, and much of the show was filmed many months ago, at least before Underwood’s coming out in April with an interview on Good Morning America.
Underwood says that with his history on The Bachelor, and being in relationships in the public eye, he wanted this series to focus on coming out and not on his dating life.
“I have been through that. I have done that,” he said. “Even going into the show, that was one of the conversations with the production company. … I’m not in a space right now to really, like, put myself out there like that. I had a lot of self-discovery to do.”
Underwood said he was “not hiding” his new relationship, but wanted him and his boyfriend to enjoy some “time for us”.
Asked if he would ever be comfortable including his new relationship on a reality show, he said: “I don’t want to speak in definitives right now because as I learned, I’m growing and I want to give myself space to really explore new things at the moment. I’ve definitely drawn boundaries on that. Having a public relationship, for me, was not healthy. I just think right now I’m really sort of protecting and guarding what I have.”
Underwood’s last very-public relationship was with Cassie Randolph, who he met in 2018 via The Bachelor. That ended badly in 2020. They split in May of that year, and then in September, Randolph took out a restraining order against Underwood, alleging he stalked her. The order was dropped a couple of months later after the two reached an agreement addressing Randolph’s concerns.
According to Page Six, Randolph declined to be involved with Underwood’s new documentary series.
“Cassie really just wants to move past any drama having to do with Colton,” one source said. “She’s being roped back into all this Colton mess because of the Netflix show. There are a lot of bad memories associated with the end of their relationship and she wishes there was a way to completely separate herself from his narrative.”
The source added, “At her core, Cassie supports Colton telling his story if that helps him and other people in the LGBTQIA+ community. The part that sucks is that there’s really no way for him to tell his story without mentioning their breakup.”
Trailers for the show have shown that Underwood’s behavior toward Randolph is discussed.
“I was suppressing my sexuality so hard that I was taking medication daily to deal with depression and anxiety, and that made me a paranoid freak,” says Underwood on the show, according to New York Post.
“I didn’t trust a whole lot of people, and I was trying to do anything and everything I could to protect a secret.”
He goes on to clarify that he’s not making excuses for his treatment of Randolph after they split.
“I did f–k up,” he says. “I made mistakes, and I will take ownership in that.”
Underwood also reveals in the show that he tried to medicate himself to cope with his feelings and sexuality. He tells a friend, “After the breakup with Cassie, it was pretty rough. I hit rock bottom. I took a lot of Xanax, not thinking I was going to wake up the next morning. I did and it was really bad.”
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The show also shows Underwood coming out on camera to his father, Scott, whilst on a fishing trip.
Talking to the New York Times this week, Scott Underwood said, “I’m not saying I’m upset about it, but I would have preferred it had been done differently.”
He goes on to say, that reflecting upon it, and given his son’s history on The Bachelor, coming out on camera made sense because he’s “an entertainer, let’s face it … That’s what he’s chosen to do for his career.”
Asked about his son’s decision to make the docuseries, his dad continued, “Am I going to say it’s for fame? No. Did he come out on TV for money? Sure. But who in reality entertainment doesn’t leverage their life and put it all out there for money?”
Colton told the NYT that after living his life so publicly as a straight man, he wanted to use the series to show the public his real self.
“I’ve lived my life so publicly straight, and I ran from a community I’ve belonged to my entire life,” Underwood told the NYT. “I knew there was going to be a lot of people who didn’t understand. Maybe at the end of these six episodes, people still don’t understand. But at least I’ve tried to undo the wrongs.”
Coming Out Colton premieres tomorrow on Netflix.
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Chrisk
Queerty knows this will get some of it’s readers panties in a twist. I don’t really care either way but think it’s hilarious the reaction he gets here. Lol
BigJohnSF
It really is funny. Here’s another reason for the haters to hate on him.
CatholicXXX
Seriously? He’s dating him? He’s barely an average joe.
There’s no way they don’t have an open relationship.
stephen_25
I think I would rather stick rusty razor blades down my japs eye than listen how hard it’s been for some rich prick to come out.
No one cares. Your in america it’s 2021 life isn’t that hard for you.
MISTERJETT
when you say “your”, do you mean “you’re” as in “you are”? sorry, but that’s just one of my pet peeves. i had to say something.
dave22
Who cares, he’s last years news. Move on.
BigJohnSF
Then I suggest you don’t watch this show – really.
IWantAFullBeard
Good for him.
I’m curious how these people meet each other. I can barely get a response on Scruff.
Max
for celebs, they probably know someone that knows someone.
Jim
Is Colton paying Queerty????
No one cares about Colton. Seriously NO ONE
ptn2719
Seriously, if HE can find someone, there’s hope for all of us singletons (though I would never in a million years date him!).
Cam
“”Underwood says that with his history on The Bachelor, and being in relationships in the public eye, he wanted this series to focus on coming out and not on his dating life.””
So he’s doing a reality show about coming out and being gay, but refusing to show the actual part where he is gay…..dating and being in a relationship.
Glad he’s out and happy, but it seems like the series is going to be some manufactured thing where he is theoretically gay, but it won’t show him actually being happy and in a relationship. Maybe he and Gus will wander around West Hollywood and go to brunch or the gym.
deann
Well gay guys don’t need to be in a relationship to be happy. And there is more to gay men than their dating life.
Cam
@deann
True on both accounts, except that isn’t his truth. And since his show is supposedly about his coming out, his journey, him being gay, etc. why then cut out one of the nice things that he says is making him incredibly happy with coming out?
Because that was apparently never the intention of the show.
AxelDC
People who want attention but then get upset with too much attention.
Once you invite the Press into your life, you cannot control where they probe.
John
He’s nice eye candy but I have no desire to hear him talk. lol
BigJohnSF
I might have the show on with the sound turned down.
Paris in Santiago
Queerty has deleted my comments before.
I am going to watch the show. My pals & I are having a party tomorrow night to watch it.
Curt
Come on guys, none of you had a difficult time coming out? Why can’t we be supportive of our LGBTQ+ family?
Donston
There’s a long list of legit reasons why. Let’s not act naive or like basic Polly Anna’s.
“Support” him or don’t. Watch his show or don’t. I’m frankly over it all.
AxelDC
Because why should I care about this guy?
AxelDC
That’s nice, dear. Who are you?
skeldare
Not sure why you put in love behind quotes.
greekboy
Which Colton is this. Is this dumbass Colton or dumbasser Colton? Who gives a rat’s patootie?
Preppy1000
Seriously–why should we care about this guy? It’s 2021–it’s not such a big deal anymore. And truthfully I don’t find him that attractive. I also saw an interview with him once and he didn’t exactly seem like the brightest person.
winemaker
I personally think this is awesome. Really we should be happy that hopefully he’s found someone awesome, and this isn’t an experiment or ‘hookup’ and happy. Who’ll bet that lots of the naysayers here likely are unattractive and don’t have much going on in their their lives, are jealous that Colton’s young and good looking ( good looking is of course subjective ), has a nice personality and a life and the negative and nasty comments show it.
Really gay men are cattier than a bunch of old yentas kvetching about the beautiful blonde in the next apartment or down the street. BTW where are the nude photos of him hopefully in the locker room shower post football game
Cam
When I saw this screename I thought “Why would the same old right wing troll bring one of it’s screenames onto THIS story?”
Then I realized, it was an excuse to attack LGBTQ people under the guise of defending Colton.
Your troll game is sad and weak.
DarkZephyr
I’m curious enough to give his show a try. I am not about canceling him because he and his ex had a fight and she made some claims for legal reasons that she dropped after whatever was going on was addressed. As far as I’m concerned, that is between them and I have no idea the exact details of what went on. I am not going to write him off as a human being based on so little information. As a society we have become WAY too quick and WAY to eager to “cancel” people. Even people that have LONG been good to us but might not have smiled at an employee once while having a grumpy day.
CNY1983
I missed the whole schlemiel on this guy and can’t figure out why anyone would be interested in him. What’s in his future? Who cares?
RTG
He’s basically making money for being famous. Kind of the Paris Hilton/Kimi K model. I wonder what he’ll be doing in a few years to make money. Speaking of making money, exactly HOW is Aaron Schock supporting himself these days given the novelty has worn off? Hhhmmmm…
Joshua333
Surprised he didnt make a trashy netflix series out of getting into this relationship.
JB
The more I read about this dude, the more I’m convinced he’s a little nuts.
winemaker
We haven’t heard much about Colton Underwood lately. Hopefully he and his boyfriend are still together and starting to build lives together. Sadly there are too many judgemental catty guys in the gay community who’re jealous of others be it for their good looks or money or whatever the current thing is to be jealous of. Colton Underwood has good looks although i don’t know his financial worth no do i care to know. Some things are best kept private unlike the daily drama on the kardashians that for the most part most people don’t treally care other than to laugh at these attention whores and the idiots who base their lives around their ongoing drama.